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The Media Line: Syria to grant 300,000 Kurds citizenship
Syria plans to grant citizenship to 300,000 Kurds living in the country, a Kurdish representative told the London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.
Syria, Politics, 1/30/2006
Kuwait's new amir to choose crown prince, prime minister
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah was sworn in as a new Amir of Kuwait (ruler) in a private session of the Kuwaiti parliament held Sunday.
Kuwait, Politics, 1/30/2006
Al-Assad calls for honoring Hamas victory
At the time when the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for honoring results of the Islamic resistance forces hamas winning of the Palestinian legislative elections, Israel said that it sets a precondition to start negotiations with it which is Hmas giving up what it called terrorism and recognizing Israel's rights to existence.
Palestine-Syria, Politics, 1/30/2006
Syria and Turkey to cooperate in bourse
Syria and Turkey discussed Sunday joint cooperation in the fields of establishing bourses as well as developing ports and airports.
Syria-Turkey, Economics, 1/30/2006
New Kerala India: CPI objects to US caution on Syrian oil field project
New Kerala India reported: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday expressed strong objections to the United States cautioning the Indian Government on acquiring an oil field in Syria in partnership with China.
Syria-India, Politics, 1/30/2006
Syrian chief of staff meets Russian counterpart
Chief of staff of Syria's armed forces Gen. Ali Habib received Sunday Russian counterpart Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky and an accompanying delegation.
Syria-Russia, Politics, 1/30/2006
Saddam's trial delayed again; withdraws from court
The Iraqi Kurdish judge Raouf Rashid Abdul Rahman, in charge of trying the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven of his aids before a special Iraqi court announced that delay of the trial until next Wednesday or Thursday as the resumption of the trial falls on an official day off.
Iraq, Politics, 1/30/2006
Al-Zahar: Hamas will not recognize Israel
The leading figure in the Hamas movement Mahmoud al-Zahar said that his movement will not recognize Israel, but may sign a long truce with it.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 1/30/2006
Bush urges Hamas to become partner in peace in middle east
The recent Palestinian elections, which resulted in 76 of the 132 seats of the Palestinian legislature going to the Islamic militant group HAMAS, showed the Palestinian people's desire for change, President Bush said in a January 27 interview with CBS.
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 1/30/2006
Jordanian parliament calls for Danish cartoonists to be punished
Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the Jordanian parliament's call on this week for the punishment of the cartoonist who drew 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that appeared in the Danish daily "Jyllands-Posten" on 30 September 2005 and were reprinted in the Norwegian publication "Magazinet" on 10 January.
Regional, Religion, 1/30/2006
Syrian official source condemns caricature in Danish papers
Syria was shocked by the caricature which was published by one of the Danish newspapers that constitutes a big offense to the Arab prophet Mohammed, Syrian official source at Foreign Ministry announced Sunday.
Regional-Denmark, Religion, 1/30/2006
Acts of killing continued in Iraq; US newsman injured
On the other hand, the anchor at the American ABC newsman Bob Woodruff and his photographer were strongly injured in a bomb explosion north of Baghdad.
Iraq, Military, 1/30/2006
Scores of Iraqis, two American soldiers were killed in various attacks in Iraq
In a statement, the American army in Iraq announced the killing of two American soldiers on Sunday in a bomb explosion placed on the roadside on one of the roads in Baghdad, at a time when the country witnessed a bloody Sunday
Iraq, Military, 1/30/2006
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Chairman of Expediency Council in Iran, Ali Akbar Hashimi Rafsanjani, has condemned the campaign of pressure and threats directed against Syria.
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A top US general stressed that "we are not in the process of drawing up military plans for Syria." Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Director Plans and Policy in the United States Central Command said this to al-Sharq al-Awasat in a report published on Saturday.
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The Islamic Cultures Festival was opened Saturday in London and in other British cities. The festival aims at enabling the British people to better get aquatinted with the Islamic culture.
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Commending on the Israel's claim that Iran will soon attain nuclear weapons, "Israel has announced since the 80s that Iran is close to acquiring nuclear weapons and such claims are mostly raised to divert public opinion from Israel's mobilization of 200 nuclear warheads," Iran's ambassador to Serbia, Morteza Mirheydari told Serbian national TV.
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The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq yesterday condemned a series of deadly explosions carried out in coordinated sequence in the vicinity of churches in Baghdad and Kirkuk.
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